Pajamas, favorite toys, books they always read together, parents who know this, even the smell of their childs pillow. And these First Responders being called heroes, but still day in and day out living with the images no one could have prepared them to see. Today, families are deciding on coffins, head stones, choosing songs that will play at the funerals of first graders. Want to tell you about the two little boys who are actually being remembered right now. The funeral for 6yearold jack pinto began just about an hour ago. Jack will be laid to rest today in Newtown Village cemetery. Just a little bit of background on this 6yearold, jack adored football, his favorite player was new york giants receiver victor cruz. Apparently he watched giants games while proudly wearing his cruz jersey. Look at that cheek. Cruz did pay tribute to his young fan by scribbling jack pinto, my hero. Heres the cleat. You can see it. R. I. P. Jack pinto. On the other cleat during the game on the past weeken
Moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff a Holiday Season that should have been alive with the joy of children is now, instead, a season of mourning their loss in newtown, connecticut. The first of the funerals took place today for the victims of the massacre at an Elementary School. Ray suarez begins our coverage. Suarez flowers streamed into Funeral Homes around newtown as the shock and horror of friday gave way to grim rituals of grief mourners in black waited under gray skies to attend services for jack pinto and noah, 20 of the. Two of the 20 first gr
Moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff a Holiday Season that should have been alive with the joy of children is now, instead, a season of mourning their loss in newtown, connecticut. The first of the funerals took place today for the victims of the massacre at an Elementary School. Ray suarez begins our coverage. Suarez flowers streamed into Funeral Homes around newtown as the shock and horror of friday gave way to grim rituals of grief mourners in black waited under gray skies to attend services for jack pinto and noah, 20 of the. Two of the 20 first gr
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions ifill the funerals began today in newtown, connecticut, with the burials of two sixyear old boys murdered on friday. Good evening. Im gwen ifill. Woodruff and im judy woodruff. Most of tonights newshour will focus on the shootings and their aftermath. Ray suarez has the latest on the investigation and the reaction in connecticut and beyond. Ifill we talk with california senator Dianne Feinstein, who hopes to revive a law banning assault weapons. They arent hunting weapons. You dont need them for defense. They are militarystyle weapons and they dont belong in the streets of our city. Woodruff we assess the Public Policy questions raised by the shooting about access to guns, Mental Health issues, and more. Ifill Hari Sreenivasan reports from newtown on a community in mourning. Woodruff and as parents around the country nervously dropped their children off at school today, Jeffrey Brown talks to a psychiatrist and a School Psychologist ab
In the crosshairs. Japanese officials are trying to find out who ordered a Chinese Military vessel to zero in on one of their ships. Japanese Defense Ministry officials are leveling some serious accusations at the Chinese Military. They say crew members on a chinese ship locked their weapons radar on a japanese vessel. They s the incident happened last week near the Senkaku Islands in the east china sea. Japan controls the islands. China and taiwan claim them. Defense Ministry Officials say last wednesday the crew of a chinese frigate directed fire control radar on a selfdefense force destroyer. The ships were about three kilometers apart. The Officials Say the crew of a chinese frigate directed the same kind of radar last month at a japanese helicopter. Officers used firecontrol raid tore lock on to objects at which miiles can be fid. The chinese did notaunc any missil. Still, japanese Defense Ministry Officials Say the incident was extremely unusual. Diplomats lodged a protest with c